More than 1 in every 5 Canadians live with daily persisting or chronic pain. This 6 week pre-registered Pain Care Yoga series brings together the science of pain with the practices of yoga to help you take an active role in influencing your pain and improving your quality of life.
In this series we will:
*Explore breath and movement practices, meditation, visualization and conscious rest to calm the nervous system and reduce pain;
*Learn how to move safely, with ease, in ways that will help to regain mobility, strength and resilience;
*Cultivate self-compassion and renew your sense of agency;
*Learn how to create and follow through with a personalized pain care yoga plan for home practice;
*Explore principles from pain science that may challenge old attitudes and beliefs about pain. Knowledge is power;
*Invite reflective self-study of thoughts, emotions, and behaviours through the lens of yoga. Self-knowledge is power;
*Build community. Knowing that you are not alone - is power!
Each 90 minute class will include gentle yoga practices as well as discussion about the science of pain. We will also provide weekly hand-outs and recommend resources for deeper learning.
No previous yoga experience is required. Pain is complex, and unique to all of us. We do our best to make Pain Care Yoga accessible to everyone. We recommend that you ask your health care provider if you have any doubts about whether this series may be right for you.
More than 1 in every 5 Canadians live with daily persisting or chronic pain. This 6 week pre-registered Pain Care Yoga series brings together the science of pain with the practices of yoga to help you take an active role in influencing your pain and improving your quality of life.
In this series we will:
*Explore breath and movement practices, meditation, visualization and conscious rest to calm the nervous system and reduce pain;
*Learn how to move safely, with ease, in ways that will help to regain mobility, strength and resilience;
*Cultivate self-compassion and renew your sense of agency;
*Learn how to create and follow through with a personalized pain care yoga plan for home practice;
*Explore principles from pain science that may challenge old attitudes and beliefs about pain. Knowledge is power;
*Invite reflective self-study of thoughts, emotions, and behaviours through the lens of yoga. Self-knowledge is power;
*Build community. Knowing that you are not alone - is power!
Each 90 minute class will include gentle yoga practices as well as discussion about the science of pain. We will also provide weekly hand-outs and recommend resources for deeper learning.
No previous yoga experience is required. Pain is complex, and unique to all of us. We do our best to make Pain Care Yoga accessible to everyone. We recommend that you ask your health care provider if you have any doubts about whether this series may be right for you.
Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is a somatic modality that has been proven as an effective adjunctive treatment for psychological trauma.
As we practice feeling and breathing with awareness (interoception), the neural networks in our brain that may be damaged by trauma have an opportunity to reconnect.
Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is a somatic modality that has been proven as an effective adjunctive treatment for psychological trauma.
As we practice feeling and breathing with awareness (interoception), the neural networks in our brain that may be damaged by trauma have an opportunity to reconnect.. Although TCTSY uses hatha yoga forms, the emphasis is not on the external expression or appearance (i.e. doing it “right”). Rather, the focus is on the internal experience of the participant (interoception). With this approach, the power resides within the individual, not the TCTSY facilitator (TCTSY-F). By focusing on the felt sense of the body to inform choice-making,